Railway-tie.



I. SLACK.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25. 1916.

1,25%96, Patented Jan. 15, 1918.

INVENTOR Irwin [Zack WITNESSES ATTORNEY "pair as arena t me.

IRVIN SLACK, 01E PAGOSA SPRINGS, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH T0 JAMES JONES, OF PAGOSA SPRINGS, COLORADO.

' RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, llfillb.

Application filed October 25, 1916. Serial No. 127,631.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRVIN SLACK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pagosa Springs, in the county of Archuleta and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a metallic railway rail tie and means to fasten the ra1l to the tie and it generally aims to provide a novel and simplified construction and particularly one which is light in weight and thereby capable of ready handling, and improved specifically with respect to means to reinforce the tie, preferably by being welded thereto, so as to also serve as rail seats, and means to limit the movement of rail-securing cleats and insure the registerin of bolt holes therein with bolt holes in the tie. Other specific objects and advantages will appear hereinafter as the description progresses with relation to accompanying drawings where one preferred embodiment is shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a View showing a rail tie constructed in accordance with my invention, in side elevation and in connection with rails shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the parts of Fig. l, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged end View of the parts of Figs. 1 and 2.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 4: designates a tie which is preferably rectangular' in cross section and made of thin metal. The tie is hollow and open at its ends and the metal from which it is made may be one-fourth of an inch thick. As a result the tie is very light in weight and is capable of being readily handled by the workman.

Reinforcing frames 5 surround the tie and they are so positioned that their upper p0r tions or arms 6 serve as seats for rails 7. These reinforcements 5 may be of metal say three-eighths of an inch thick and also they are preferably welded to the ties 4 to guard against displacement and to increase their rigid connection with the tie.

Said rails 7 rest directly on the elements 6 and are fastened in place by means of cleats 8 having curved portions 9 adapted to overlap the base flanges of the rails. Said cleats 8 as at 10 abut the portions 6 in order to assist in positioning them especially with relation to holes or apertures 10 through which fastening bolts 11 pass and which bolts also pass through openings in the cleats 8 and beyond which they receive fastening nuts 12.

In use, the ties are laid with the reinforcing frames 5 welded thereto. Rails 7 are then disposed to rest on the portions 6. Portions 6 are so disposed or located that they serve to indicate the position of the rails. After the rails are positioned, the cleats 8 are placed in the positions shown in the drawings, their movement toward the tie rails being limited by the engagement of the shoulders 10' with the portions 6. The bolts 11 are then passed from the interior of the tie through the openings 10, the cleats 8 and the nuts 12 are afterward applied thereto.

Since merely the preferred embodiment has been illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction may be resorted to within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a hollow metallic tie, a reinforcing frame surrounding the same. said frame. being welded to the tie and having an upper portion serving as a rail seat.

2. In a metallic tie, a rail-supporting plate disposed on the top wall thereof and extending above the upper surface of said top wall and welded thereto, a cleat secured against said top wall, and said cleat abutting the side wall of the plate above said top wlall and overlapping the rail seated on the p ate.

3. A hollow tie of thin metal having a frame of meqal surrounding it and welded In testimony whereof I afiix my signature to it, sallell tie haYlIg; an aperture in its in presence of two Witnesses.

upper Wa said rem orcement servin as a seat for a rail, a cleat having an aperture IRVIN SLACK therethrqugh, said cleat abutting said frame Witnesses:

and overlapping the rail, and, fastening MARC THAYNICii,

means passing through said apertures. LORIN J. CATCHPOLEQ 

